Backward planning
minimizes inventory levels by minimizing early delivery, but it does not always
result in a feasible production plan. Any unplanned production volumes are
reported.
The backward
planning step is especially useful in case of seasonal demand patterns.
The backward
planning step ignores coproducts completely. You should use only the forward
planning step if coproducts must be considered.
Forward planning
The forward
planning step computes feasible delivery dates.
Forward planning
automatically uses safety stock.
Combination
Use the combination of backward and forward planning to
level out seasonal peaks and compute feasible delivery dates in one run. The
combination may result in longer computation times.
Note
If backward planning
and forward planning are combined, LN executes a backward planning pass first, and
then a forward planning pass.